HILUS

hilus, hilum

(noun) (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; “the hilus of the kidney”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hilus (plural hili)

(anatomy) A hilum.

Anagrams

• Shuli

Source: Wiktionary


Hi"lus, n. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)

Definition: Same as Hilum, 2.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 June 2025

ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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